Adherence to professional guidelines for patients with urinary incontinence by general practitioners: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 807-811

  Albers Heitner, Pytha ^a   Berghmans, Bary ^a   Nieman, Fred ^a   Lagro Janssen, Toine ^b   Winkens, Ron ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adherence; Clinical practice guidelines; General practitioners; Primary care; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FLAVOXATE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OXYBUTYNIN; TOLTERODINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PELVIC FLOOR; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 55349114397     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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